Everyone knows PHP can be used to create websites. But it can also be used to create desktop applications and commandline tools. And now with a class called System_Daemon, you can even create daemons using nothing but PHP. And did I mention it was easy? Update 4 Dec, 2012: Legacy Warning This class was relevant in 2009, and may still be to some people, but if you want to daemonize a php script now
![Create Daemons in PHP | kvz.io](https://cdn-ak-scissors.b.st-hatena.com/image/square/eeff12432543b55a382ab81d85db7a7a62313106/height=288;version=1;width=512/https%3A%2F%2Fkvz.io%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Favatar.jpeg)